NEW DELHI: In a tense contest between two BJP colleagues, former Union minister and Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy seemed to have gained an unassailable lead over another ex-Union minister Sanjeev Balyan in the polls for the post of secretary (administration) at Constitution Club of India. Rudy was steadily widening his margin when reports last…
NEW DELHI: In a relief to owners facing the threat of their overage vehicles being impounded by city authorities, Supreme Court Tuesday directed no coercive action be taken against them and agreed to re-examine its 2018 order by which it had banned the plying of over 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles. The respite came…
AHMEDABAD: An 18-year-old from Gujarat’s Banaskantha who had cleared NEET was allegedly murdered by her uncle and father in a suspected “honour killing” after they got to know that she was living with her boyfriend, according to the FIR registered by police on her partner’s complaint. The teenager had scored 478 marks in her NEET…
Ex-Pentagon official Michael Rubin (ANI) Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir, who has met US President Donald Trump twice in the past two months and made a series of anti-India remarks. Rubin described Munir as “Osama bin Laden in a suit” and accused Pakistan…
KOLKATA: EC on Tuesday summoned Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant to New Delhi by 5pm Wednesday to explain in person why no action was taken against four state officials and a contractual data entry operator accused of failing to prevent bogus voter entries in two assembly segments.EC had ordered suspension of all five, FIRs naming…
NEW DELHI: Five MPs, including Congress’s general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the diversion of the Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi flight they were on to Chennai and demanded action on alleged “bre-ach of privilege” by Air India. Venugopal and his party colleagues K Suresh, Adoor Prakash and Robert…
DEHRADUN: Two members of an SC-appointed committee have warned the Char Dham all-weather road widening project in the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone, if built as currently planned, will cause disaster in the fragile Himalayan terrain. Their caution, sent in a letter on Tuesday to Union ministry of road transport and highways, came days after the Aug…
DEHRADUN: Teams from National Disaster Response Force, armed forces and state agencies worked to manually drain a temporary lake near the Army camp in Harsil, Uttarkashi district, on Tuesday to prevent possible flooding in downstream villages. The lake had formed last week after a cloudburst-triggered landslide blocked the Bhagirathi river near Dharali, creating a natural…
Tamil television is all set to spice up weekends with a perfect blend of comedy and cooking as the much-awaited Top Cooku Dupe Cooku Season 2 gears up for its grand premiere on August 17. The makers have dropped a lively promo, giving fans a sneak peek into the fun, flavours, and laughter in store.This…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday told Congress that the “2024 mandate” was stolen from it, as the party finalised a three-stage campaign over two months to intensify its protest against “vote chori”, starting with a nationwide torchlight march on the eve of Independence Day.At a meeting of Congress office bearers chaired by party chief…
